For their summer concert Hastings Sinfonia take to the stage of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sunday 22 June. It’s a larger setting appropriate for Fiesta, a thrilling programme of Spanish and Latin American music, as Alexandra Hudson reveals.
At a point in time where local, national and international news seems to have hit ‘Peak Gloom’, artist Dawn Timmins has had the vision to curate a show to lift our spirits. Erica Smith pops down to Hastings Arts Forum and leaves with a smile on her face.
Hastings Stand Up To Racism (HSUTR), which has issued a strongly worded statement on Keir Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ speech, are holding a special open meeting at Central Hall on Tuesday 3 June.
Local community energy group Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) has joined over 50 charities, green campaign groups and housing organisations in an open letter to Treasury. ESC’s Gabriel Carlyle reports.
Hear how to provide a thriving habitat for butterlies in a talk from a local expert at the Alexandra Park greenhouse next month. Other events at the community hub during June include advice on meditating while drawing and participating in Town Grown’s Edible Open Gardens event, as press officer Lynda Foy explains.
A Freedom of Information (FoI) request has again been refused by Hastings Borough Council because Open Market Valuations are – somehow – commercially confidential. The request concerns financial adjustment for affordable housing after more flats were added to the Archery Ground. Policy and guidance are consistent and clear that these viability assessments (as they are known) are to be made public. (more…)
Local government is being reorganised – did you know? Your views are sought on what shape this should take. Both Hastings Borough Council and East Sussex County Council have launched public consultations, involving online surveys, and, in HBC’s case, meetings and focus groups. Nick Terdre reports, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
Increasingly voices are being raised to protest the catastrophic circumstances into which the population of Gaza has been plunged by the weeks-long Israeli armed forces’ assault on Hamas. Local Liberal Democrats have issued a statement deploring the situation and urging MP Helena Dollimore to respond. Nick Terdre reports.
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